Long-term ecological change in the Northern Gulf of Alaska / edited by Robert B. Spies.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Spies, Robert Bernard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marine ecology--Alaska--Alaska, Gulf of.

Marine ecology.

Ecological disturbances--Alaska--Alaska, Gulf of.

Ecological disturbances.

Ecosystem health--Alaska--Alaska, Gulf of.

Ecosystem health.

Aquatic habitats--Alaska--Alaska, Gulf of.

Aquatic habitats.

Fish communities--Alaska--Alaska, Gulf of.

Fish communities.

Marine mammals--Alaska--Alaska, Gulf of.

Marine mammals.

Sea birds--Alaska--Alaska, Gulf of.

Sea birds.

Oil spills--Environmental aspects--Alaska--Alaska, Gulf of.

Oil spills.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (609 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This comprehensive text is a major synthesis on ecological change in the Gulf of Alaska. It encompasses the structural and annual changes, forces of change, long-ecological changes in the atmosphere and ocean, plankton, fish, birds and mammals, and the effects of the 1989 Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. With 5 major sections, Long-term Ecological Change in the Northern Gulf of Alaska first describes the physical features, the atmosphere and physical oceanography, the annual production cycle, the forage base for higher animals and trophic transfer, and the adaptations for survival in th

Contents:

Front cover; LONG-TERM ECOLOGICAL CHANGE IN THE NORTHERN GULF OF ALASKA; Copyright page; Acknowledgements; Contributors; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction; 1.1. Why We Have Written This Book; 1.2. Who Is the Audience for This Book, and What Is Its Scope?; 1.3. Organization; Chapter 2: Ecosystem Structure; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. The Physical Environment of the Gulf of Alaska1; 2.3. The Marine Production Cycle; 2.4. The Transfer of Matter and Energy Through the Food Web; 2.5. Strategies for Survival; Summary; Chapter 3: Agents of Ecosystem Change; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Climate

3.3. Geophysical Mechanisms3.4. Species Interactions; 3.5. Marine Mammal Harvest and Fishing; 3.6. Disease; 3.7. Contaminants; Chapter 4: Long-Term Change; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Atmosphere and Ocean; 4.3. Zooplankton; 4.4. History and Production Trends in Salmon; 4.5. Pacific Herring; 4.6. Groundfish; 4.7. Seabirds in the Gulf of Alaska; 4.8. Population Ecology of Seabirds in Cook Inlet; 4.9. Marine Mammal Populations; 4.10. Crabs and Shrimps; Chapter 5: The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Pre-spill Conditions; 5.3. History of the Spill

5.4. Oil Fate: Transport, Weathering, and Persistence5.5. Effects of the Spill on Aquatic Organisms; 5.6. Indirect Interactions; 5.7. Expectations, Certainty, and Final Lessons from the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill; 5.8. The Legacy of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill; 5.9. Appendices; Chapter 6: Long-Term Changes in the GOA: Properties and Causes; 6.1. Introduction; 6.2. Forces of Change; 6.3. Characteristics of Ecosystem Change; Subject Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographic references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-75191-6

9786610751914

0-08-046942-6

OCLC:

476037431